18504817. INTERMODAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS (BNSF Railway Company)
INTERMODAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Edward N. Ginn of Grand Prairie TX US
Donald R. Dunn of Colleyville TX US
Joyce L. Verslype of Frisco TX US
Gregory E. Kolesar of Fort Worth TX US
Mitchel Varela of Lakewood CO US
INTERMODAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18504817 titled 'INTERMODAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Original Abstract Submitted
According to some embodiments, a method includes accessing yard check data received from a plurality of sources. The yard check data includes a unit identification number of a particular shipping container of a plurality of shipping containers, a location of the particular shipping container within a container yard, and a confidence level. The method further includes storing the unit identification number and the location of the particular shipping container in a unit inventory of an inventory database. The method further includes comparing the confidence level of the particular message to a confidence threshold for the particular source. The method further includes electronically communicating, across a communications network, the unit identification number and the location of the particular shipping container for storage in a production database when the confidence level of the particular message exceeds the confidence threshold for the particular source.